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THERENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thereness mean? 

THERENESS (noun)
  The noun THERENESS has 2 senses:

1. real existenceplay

2. the state of being there--not here--in positionplay

  Familiarity information: THERENESS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THERENESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Real existence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

things are really there...capture the thereness of them

Hypernyms ("thereness" is a kind of...):

presence (the state of being present; current existence)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The state of being there--not here--in position

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("thereness" is a kind of...):

presence (the state of being present; current existence)

Antonym:

hereness (the state of being here in this place)


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